For decades, biology textbooks taught that DNA’s story could be told with a single image: two elegant strands twisting in a ...

New DNA study of 777 genomes found across southern Europe and west Asia redirects the cradle of Indo-Europeans, sheds light ...

What scientists long believed were knots in DNA may actually be persistent twists formed during nanopore analysis, revealing ...

Conjuring evidence out of the air may someday be possible in criminal investigations, thanks to ongoing research on the ...

What’s the story behind DNA melting temperature analysis? UV-Visible absorption spectroscopy can be used to assess the characteristics of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), a naturally occurring polymer ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A new study led by researchers from the University of Oregon dug into limitations of a forensic tool used at crime scenes — discovering one way that people may be incorrectly ...

A new genetic analysis by an international team of scientists has helped bust a popular 200-year-old myth surrounding Kaspar Hauser, whose identity became one of the most mysterious riddles in German ...

Being one of the most famous and influential figures in human history, it should come as no surprise that many cultures and nationalities have claimed Christopher Columbus—whose origins have long been ...

It was one of several high-profile Quebec murders that have been recently solved thanks to advances in DNA analysis, ...